MANILA, Philippines — Two committees of the House of Representatives are clearing former president Benigno Aquino III on the dengue vaccination program in 2016 and the use of the controversial vaccine Dengvaxia.

The program “was a judgment call on the part of the previous administration in its effort to respond to what they call an alarming rise in dengue cases in the country,” the two committees said in a draft report presented yesterday during a meeting of the two panels.

“Indeed, the morbidity and mortality data at the time showed that dengue has become a worrisome monster killing hundreds of Filipinos… The action of the administration at the time to implement a dengue vaccination program was unquestionable,” the report stated.

The committee on good government and public accountability, and the committee on health, chaired by Reps. Johnny Pimentel of Surigao del Sur and Angelina Tan of Quezon, respectively, came up with their report after months of hearings.

They noted that the Duterte administration continued the program “and even expanded it to include Region VII (Central Visayas).”

One of the public school children who died of dengue even after reportedly being given Dengvaxia didn't get the anti-dengue vaccine shots as alleged by the Public Attorney's Office, a document from the Department of Health has indicated.

According to Chino Gaston's report on "State of the Nation", a certification from the city health office of Antipolo showed that 13-year-old Jazzmine Alimagno didn't get any Dengvaxia shot because she didn't have her parent's consent.

Alimagno died in January of dengue.

Chief Public Attorney Persida Acosta, however, said the respondents in the case should just answer the complaint related to Alimagno's death.

The PAO has filed several complaints in connection with the deaths supposedly related to Dengvaxia.

Acosta said not all persons who received Dengvaxia shots got an immunization card.

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